Indonesian 2017 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia has amended its previously-released annual decree ("Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) Hari Libur Nasional dan Cuti Bersama Tahun 2017") designating the list of Indonesian public holidays and collective leave days ("cuti bersama") for the calendar year 2017, for both the private and public sectors, by adding the long-expected Pancasila Day annual public holiday of Indonesia and shuffling around the list of collective leave days public holidays in Indonesia in 2017. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan January 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic has announced the calendar of January 2017 non-working public holidays in Kyrgyzstan in January 2017, all the while ruling-out the declaration of a longer period of non-working public holidays in Kyrgyzstan to run from January 1 until January 8, 2017. [full story]

Bangladesh 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's Cabinet Secretary, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, has announced that, at Monday's Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after consulting the Bangla Academy, the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Weather Department, the annual list of official non-working public holidays in Bangladesh for the upcoming calendar year 2017, was approved. [full story]

India Telangana 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of Telangana (Hyderabad) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's State of Telangana has released the "Telangana GO List of General Holidays, Optional Holidays for the year 2017" which officially lists the annual non-working public holidays to be observed in the Indian State of Telangana for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Thailand 2017 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand's Government Cabinet, through government spokesperson, Thaksada Sangkhachan, has declared Tuesday, January 3, 2017, as an additional, one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, to create a five-day period of public holidays in Thailand from December 31, 2016, until January 3, 2017, inclusively. [full story]

Vietnam 2017 Public Holidays Approved

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has accepted the recommendations of the Ministry of Interior for the calendar of official public holidays in Vietnam in 2017, as set-out in the "Official Letter 5039 / BNV-TCCB 4002", in response to the earlier proposal by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam of 2 proposed options for the annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Vietnam for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Myanmar 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Yangoon) and Myanmar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Myanmar has announced its annual list of the dates of the official Myanmar bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Myanmar for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

India 2017 Kerala Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of Kerala has announced its annual list of the days which will be non-working public holidays in India's state of Kerala for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Indian 2017 Himachal Pradesh Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The official webportal of the Himachal Pradesh Government (Shimla) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh has issued a notification of public holidays and restricted holidays to be observed in the State of Himachal Pradesh as gazetted holidays during the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

India 2017 Tamil Nadu Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of Tamil Nadu has announced its annual list of the days which will be non-working public holidays in India's state of Tamil Nadu for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Cambodia 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Cabinet of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (Phnom Penh) and Cambodia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Cambodia's Prime Minister has signed a Cambodian Royal Government's sub-decree 223 Kor.Bor/Bror.Kor establishing Cambodia's annual list of official non-working public holidays in Cambodia for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

India 2017 Puducherry Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Puducherry (Saram) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of India's State of Puducherry has announced the list of official state non-working public holidays in India's State of Puducherry for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday November 10

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The spokesperson of Nepal's Home Ministry, Balkrishna Panthi, has announced that the government of Nepal had decided to declare Thursday, November 10, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Nepal on account of the annual Nepalese holiday of Phalgunanda Jayanti. [full story]

Pakistan Iqbal Day Public Holiday Restoration Ruled-Out

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Pakistan's Ministry of Interior has ruled-out the rumoured declaration of November 9 as a non-working public holiday in Pakistan on account of Iqbal Day. [full story]

North Korean 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: 조선중앙통신 (Pyongyang) and North Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The North Korean government has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in North Korea for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Vietnam 2017 Public Holidays Submitted

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vietnamese Ministry of Interior has issued the "Official Letter 5039 / BNV-TCCB 4002", in response to the earlier proposal by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam of a draft containing 2 proposed options for the annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Vietnam for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Indian 2017 West Bengal Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of West Bengal (Kolkata) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of West Bengal has announced the days which shall be non-working public holidays in India's state of West Bengal for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday October 31

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the Secretary of Malaysia's State of Johor announced that the government of Malaysia's State of Johor had declared that Monday, October 31, 2016, would be a one-off additional non-working public holiday in the State of Johor, to celebrate their winning of the Malaysia Cup against Selangor. [full story]

Mongolian Public Holiday October 31

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mongolian government has confirmed Monday, October 31, 2016, as the date for the upcoming 2016 Chinggis Khaan annual non-working public holiday in Mongolia, added a few years ago to the list of annual non-working public holidays in Mongolia. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday November 3

Sources: Komunikadu Imprensa Sekretaria Estadu Konsellu Ministru Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had once again decided to extend the 2016 annual All Saints Day and All Souls Day non-working public holidays in Timor Leste by declaring an additional day-off public sector holiday in Timor Leste (toleránsia pontu) for Thursday, November 3, 2016 ("Governu deside ona hodi fó toleránsia pontu iha loron 3 fulan-novembru tinan 2016"). [full story]